A man is due to appear in court tomorrow charged after allegedly breaking into a home in Bega and threatening the occupant with a star picket. Police were called to a home in Union Street shortly before 2.30am today (Sunday 26 January 2014), responding to reports of a person being on the premises. When police arrived, a man allegedly threatened them with a metal star picket on two occasions before police deployed a Taser and arrested him. A knife was seized when the man was searched before he was taken to Bega Police Station where he was charged with: • Aggravated break, enter and steal, and commit serious indictable offence; • Assault police (two counts); • Armed with intent; and, • Custody of a knife in a public place. He was bail refused to appear at the Batemans Bay Local Court on Monday (27 January 2014). Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://police.nsw.gov.au/. Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:09:58 +0000
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